S. 6A inserted (2.7.2012) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 (c. 4), ss. 2, 4(2); S.I. 2012/1432, art. 2

S. 5 cross-heading substituted (E.W.) (2.7.2012) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 (c. 4), ss. 1(7), 4(2) (with s. 1(8)); S.I. 2012/1432, art. 2 and s. 5 cross-heading substituted (N.I.) (29.1.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 96(7), 106(2); S.R. 2015/418, art. 2(b)

S. 6A(2)(c) inserted (7.6.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(6), Sch. 2 para. 8; S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(b)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/6ADomestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004An Act to amend Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; to make provision about homicide; to make common assault an arrestable offence; to make provision for the payment of surcharges by offenders; to make provision about alternative verdicts; to provide for a procedure under which a jury tries only sample counts on an indictment; to make provision about findings of unfitness to plead and about persons found unfit to plead or not guilty by reason of insanity; to make provision about the execution of warrants; to make provision about the enforcement of orders imposed on conviction; to amend section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and to amend Part 12 of that Act in relation to intermittent custody; to make provision in relation to victims of offences, witnesses of offences and others affected by offences; and to make provision about the recovery of compensation from offenders.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2023-06-26Part 1Domestic violence etcCausing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm
6AEvidence and procedure in cases of serious physical harm: England and Wales1

Subsections (3) to (5) apply where a person (“the defendant”) is charged in the same proceedings with a relevant offence and with an offence under section 5 in respect of the same harm (“the section 5 offence”).

2

In this section “relevant offence” means—

a

an offence under section 18 or 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (grievous bodily harm etc);

b

an offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of attempting to commit murder;

c

an offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation).

3

Where by virtue of section 35(3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 a court or jury is permitted, in relation to the section 5 offence, to draw such inferences as appear proper from the defendant's failure to give evidence or refusal to answer a question, the court or jury may also draw such inferences in determining whether the defendant is guilty of a relevant offence, even if there would otherwise be no case for the defendant to answer in relation to that offence.

4

The charge of the relevant offence is not to be dismissed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (unless the section 5 offence is dismissed).

5

At the defendant's trial the question whether there is a case for the defendant to answer on the charge of the relevant offence is not to be considered before the close of all the evidence (or, if at some earlier time the defendant ceases to be charged with the section 5 offence, before that earlier time).

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S. 6A inserted (2.7.2012) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/4">Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 (c. 4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/4/section/2">ss. 2</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1432">S.I. 2012/1432</ref>
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S. 5 cross-heading substituted (E.W.) (2.7.2012) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/4">Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 (c. 4)</ref>
, ss. 1(7), 4(2) (with s. 1(8));
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1432">S.I. 2012/1432</ref>
, art. 2 and s. 5 cross-heading substituted (N.I.) (29.1.2016) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9">Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9/section/96/7">ss. 96(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2015/9/section/106/2">106(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/418">S.R. 2015/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2015/418/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/17/section/90/6">s. 90(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/17/schedule/2/paragraph/8">Sch. 2 para. 8</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/553">S.I. 2022/553</ref>
,
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Domestic violence
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Evidence and procedure in cases of serious physical harm: England and Wales
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